Cornea Day in San Diego – DALK Practice Expansion Recommended

I saw on the web today that Cornea Day in San Diego happened yesterday. Edward J. Holland, MD and W. Barry Lee, MD did a panel on surgical techniques. Dr. Holland had told me that he planned to do this, specifically that there was a section about how more corneal surgeons need to master the DALK/Big Bubble technique in order to leverage its advantages.

“Despite the technically challenging aspects of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, the big-bubble technique can and should be mastered, a presenter said here. “Corneal surgeons must add DALK to their surgical scope,” W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS, said during a presentation at Cornea Day, which preceded the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting. “Get familiar with the big-bubble DALK steps.” Dr. Lee discussed Anwar’s big-bubble DALK technique, stating that the main goal is to place an air injection posteriorly into the stroma to provide contrast between residual stroma and Descemet’s membrane. The surgeon should create a paracentesis to release pressure and inject a small air bubble to confirm the successful placement of the big bubble, according to Dr. Lee.”

I hope to ask Dr. Holland how the event went – and perhaps even get a copy of the transcript.